Poor Weather Foils Search Efforts for Entangled North Atlantic Right Whales

Poor Weather Foils Search Efforts for Entangled North Atlantic Right Whales
A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass. on March 28, 2018. AP, Michael Dwyer/The Canadian Press
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Search and rescue efforts for three endangered North Atlantic right whales that were found entangled in ropes were foiled on Wednesday because of poor weather conditions.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans said in a news release that it hopes to resume at-sea and aerial surveillance Thursday morning.